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US 9,751,874 B2Granted
Hydroxy containing FXR (NR1H4) modulating compounds
AssigneeGilead Sciences, Inc.
InventorsChristian Gege, Olaf Kinzel, Claus Kremoser, Aaron C. Schmitt
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compounds which bind to the NR1H4 receptor (FXR) and act as agonists of FXR. The invention further relates to the use of the compounds for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions through binding of said nuclear receptor by said compounds and to a process for the synthesis of said compounds.
Claims12
A compound according to the following Formula (1), an enantiomer, diastereomer, tautomer, solvate, prodrug or pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof
- wherein:
- R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C1-6-alkyl, C2-6-alkenyl, C2-6-alkynyl, halo-C1-6-alkyl, C0-6-alkylene-R7, C0-6-alkylene-O—R7, C0-6-alkylene-CN, C0-6-alkylene-NR7R8, O—C3-10-cycloalkyl, O—C1-6-alkylene-O—R7, O—C3-10-heterocycloalkyl, C0-6-alkylene-CO2R7, C0-6-alkylene-C(O)R7, C0-6-alkylene-C(O)NR7R8, C0-6-alkylene-C(O)NR7SO2R7, C0-6-alkylene-N(R7)C(O)R7, C0-6-alkylene-SOx—R7, C0-6-alkylene-SO3H, C0-6-alkylene-SO2—NR7R8, C0-6-alkylene-SO2—NR8COR7, C0-6-alkylene-N(R7)SO2—R8, and C0-6-alkylene-SO2—C3-10-heterocycloalkyl,
- wherein alkylene, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl and the 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl are unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 4 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, C1-3-alkyl, halo-C1-3-alkyl, OH, oxo, CO2H, SO3H, O—C1-3-alkyl and O-halo-C1-3-alkyl;
- R7 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-6-alkyl, halo-C1-6-alkyl, C0-6-alkylene-C3-8-cycloalkyl, C0-6-alkylene-C3-8-heterocycloalkyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl and phenyl, wherein alkyl, alkylene, cyclolalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, phenyl and heteroaryl are unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 6 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, OH, oxo, CO2H, C1-3-alkyl, halo-C1-3-alkyl, O—C1-3-alkyl, O-halo-C1-3-alkyl, SO3H and SO2—C1-3-alkyl;
- R8 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-6-alkyl, halo-C1-6-alkyl and C3-6-cycloalkyl;
- or R7 and R8 when taken together with the nitrogen to which they are attached may complete a 3- to 8-membered ring containing carbon atoms and optionally containing 1 or 2 heteroatoms selected from O, S or N, wherein the ring is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 4 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of fluoro, OH, oxo, C1-4-alkyl and halo-C1-4-alkyl;
- A is a 6-10 membered mono- or bicyclic aryl or a 5-10 membered mono- or bicyclic heteroaryl containing 1 to 5 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S, wherein aryl and heteroaryl are unsubstituted or substituted with one or two groups independently selected from the group consisting of OH, halogen, CN, O—C1-6-alkyl, O-halo-C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkyl, halo-C1-6-alkyl, C3-6-cycloalkyl, C6-6-heterocycloalkyl and halo-C3-6-cycloalkyl;
- Q is a C3-10-cycloalkyl ring, or C6-10-bridged cycloalkyl ring wherein the —O—CH2—Z-substituent is not directly adjacent to substituent A, wherein when Q is a bi- or multicyclic ring system, a carbon atom may optionally be replaced by a oxygen, SOx or NR7;
- Z is selected from
- wherein
- L is selected from the group consisting of a bond, C1-3-alkylene and C1-3-alkylene-O—;
- Y is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, pyridyl, pyridyl-N-oxide, pyrimidyl, pyridinonyl, pyrimidinonyl, C4-8-cycloalkyl and C4-8-heterocycloalkyl, wherein phenyl, pyridyl, pyridyl-N-oxide, pyrimidyl, pyridinonyl, pyrimidinonyl, C4-8-cycloalkyl and C4-8-heterocycloalkyl are substituted with R2 and R3 and optionally substituted one or two times with a group selected from fluoro, chloro, CN, NH2, NH(C1-3-alkyl), N(C1-3-alkyl)2, C1-3-alkyl, fluoro-C1-3-alkyl, OH, C1-3-alkoxy, fluoro-C1-3-alkoxy, C3-6-cycloalkyl and fluoro-C3-6-cycloalkyl;
- R1 is selected from the group consisting of C1-4-alkyl and C3-6-cycloalkyl, wherein C1-4-alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of fluoro, hydroxy, C1-3-alkoxy and fluoro-C1-3-alkoxy, and C3-6-cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of fluoro, hydroxy, C1-3-alkyl, fluoro-C1-3-alkyl, C1-3-alkoxy and fluoro-C1-3-alkoxy;
- R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C1-3-alkyl, halo-C1-3-alkyl, C1-3-alkoxy, halo-C1-3-alkoxy, cyclopropyl and fluoro-cyclopropyl;
- R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-3-alkyl, halo-C1-3-alkyl, C1-3-alkoxy, halo-C1-3-alkoxy, C3-6-cycloalkyl, C1-3-alkylene-O—C1-3-alkyl and fluoro-C3-6-cycloalkyl;
- R5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluoro, CH3, CHF2 and CF3;
- n is selected from 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4;
- x is independently selected from 0, 1 and 2.
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A compound selected from the group consisting of:
- or an enantiomer, diastereomer, tautomer, solvate, prodrug or pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.